Law Databases

Database Access at Villanova Law

Most law library databases listed below are available via IP authentication, except where otherwise noted. Databases are available off-campus to law school faculty, staff, and students. You may access these databases through our secure proxy server by logging in with your main campus email username and password (do not include vuad\ before your username). Some databases require separate passwords such as Lexis, Westlaw, Bloomberg and others.

Alphabetical List of Law Databases

Available on Westlaw. Includes detailed profiles of Federal judges, including descriptions of major cases and opinions of attorneys who have interacted with the judges. An essential stop when researching for Federal Clerkships. Full text searching only--no Table of Contents or Index available online. Formerly available via CCH Intelliconnect.

ALM publication provided via our law.com subscription and offers firm and attorney rankings and other legal news stories and analysis. Click on the "List Sites" button in the bottom right corner of the law.com homepage to access this publication.

Online version of many Bureau of National Affairs publications in a variety of subject areas. This material is slowly transitioning to Bloomberg Law. Law school students, staff and faculty are encouraged to access this information via Bloomberglaw.com instead. Alerts and BNA Reports email subscriptions can also be created on Bloomberglaw.

Online version of many Bureau of National Affairs publications in a variety of subject areas. For use by library visitors. Law school students, faculty and staff are encouraged to access BNA materials on Bloomberglaw.com instead for a better research experience.

Online access for use by library visitors. Includes the BNA Tax Management Portfolio series. Law students, faculty and staff are encouraged to access the Tax and Accounting Center on Bloomberglaw.com instead for a better research experience.

Provides dockets and case documents taken directly from PACER as well as state and federal cases, regulations, and statutes. Also links to BNA Portfolios and BNA Law Reports for news and current awareness items. Second and Third Year Law Students: for access go tohttps://profile.bna.com/bloomberglaw-activate/ and register using your official law school email address (@law.villanova.edu, not the main campus @villanova.edu address).

Online tutorials and practice problems to assist in exam and course preparation. Covers a wide variety of subjects. To access the lessons, students can pick up an Authorization Code card at the law library reference desk or email Lori Corso for the code and instructions.

Casemaker is low-cost alternative to Lexis Advance and Westlaw that offers mostly primary legal materials along with some forms, jury instructions and other related materials. Many state bar associations have contracted with Casemaker to provide this service for free to their bar members as a membership benefit.

Online version of many Commerce Clearinghouse/Thomson Reuters tax publications. First-time users should create an account here using their law school email address. Students are encouraged to create an account while on-campus for the best experience and then the site can be accessed from any device or location using that new user name and password.

The United States Census Bureau publishes information taken from Census data including building permits data, County business patterns, international trade data, and occupational data. Also see the Data tab at the top of the page for additional Census resources including My Congressional Districtwhich breaks down demographic information by district and the American Factfinder which provides city and county-specific demographics.

Thomson Reuters database providing tax primary sources and analysis materials from Warren, Gorham, and Lamont. Students can generate an off-campus password for checkpoint from a computer at the law school (such as those in the library) by registering at http://www.checkpoint-registration.riag.com/schools. Your password can then be used from any computer at any location.

Formerly known as THOMAS, Congress.gov, from the Library of Congress, provides access to legislation from the current session of Congress along with information about federal legislation from 1973 onward. The site contains various bill versions, amendments, actions taken on bills, committee reports and other legislative information. It also provides links to the Congressional Record, House and Senate Committees, and contact information for members of Congress.

ALM publication provided via our law.com subscription and offers firm articles and analysis of use to corporate or inhouse attorneys. Click on the "List Sites" button in the bottom right corner of the law.com homepage to access this publication.

Online version of the CIS (Congressional Information Service). Provides legislative history information for Federal bills, including committee hearings and reports along with references to the accompanying CIS Microfiche numbers.

Legal news publication covering Delaware business information. Provided via our law.com subscription. Click on the "List Sites" button in the bottom right corner of the law.com homepage to access this publication.

Online access to the regional legal newspaper for Delaware provided via our law.com subscription. Click on the "List Sites" button in the bottom right corner of the law.com homepage to access this publication.

Fastcase is a legal research service that provides access to primary law from all 50 states as well as federal statutes, regulations, court rules and the constitution. Federal cases from the following federal reporter volumes to the present are also available: 1 U.S. 1, 1 F.2d 1, 1 F. Supp. 1 and 1 B.R. 1. Fastcase also offers a newspaper archive, adminstrative opinions and orders, legal forms and federal dockets (via Justia.com). View a list of all materials covered here.

Many state, city and county bar associations as well as other attorney associations offer Fastcase as membership benefit (including the New Jersey and New York Bar Associations, the D.C. Bar and the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA)).

NOTE: The Pennsylvania Bar Association offers a similar member benefit to the research service Casemaker (CasemakerX for educational institutions). Access the library's subscription to CasemakerX or see the database listing under "C" above for more information.

Free online access to judicial, statutory, and regulatory information from the U.S. Government Printing Office. Browse by title, category of document, date, committee or author of the publication. Will be replaced by GovInfo.gov which is currently in Beta testing. Also previously known as GPOAccess.

Free online access to judicial, statutory, and regulatory information from the U.S. Government Printing Office. Browse by title, category of document, date, committee or author of the publication. Previously known as FDSys/GPOAccess.

Online version of many Commerce Clearinghouse publications in the areas of Tax, Business, and Human Resources. First-time users should create an account here using their law school email address. Students are encouraged to create an account while on-campus for the best experience and then the site can be accessed from any device or location using that new user name and password.

Job listings for international internships and permanent jobs in international development, foreign policy, international program administration and a variety of other positions. View tabs for weekly and monthly listings.

Law360 is an online legal news outlet providing analysis about legal issues and cases which are organized by practice area and jurisdiction. Case articles offer full docket numbers, case filing dates and other case citation information.

Users can sign up for email newsletters with links to articles on particular practice areas or state jurisdictions. On-campus access is provided to students, staff, faculty and visitors.

Off-campus access is available only to faculty (contact your library liaision to request an account). Students or faculty without an account can search for and access individual Law360 articles on Lexis Advance.

Legal news site produced by American Lawyer Media. Access articles about the legal industry as well as specific practice areas including Corporate & Securities, Class Actions, Appeallate practice, Labor & Employment and IP. Also features large list of industry rankings and surveys such as the Top 100 Law Firms, The National Law Journal's Top 500 Firms and the Summer Associates Survey. Offers Legal Terms & Definitions dictionary. Access additional publications such as the National Law Journal, the New Jersey or New York Law Journal, Delaware Law Weekly andCorporate Counsel by clicking on the "List Sites" button in the bottom right corner of the homepage.

Free collection of law review articles culled from law schools using Digital Commons institutional repositories. Articles are grouped by practice area or conduct a keyword search across all articles. Databases are also available for other disciplines (Business, Medicine, Economics etc.) via the larger Digital Commons Network.

Legal technologies newsletter offering articles on cyber security, e-discovery and other types of legal software provided our law.com subscription. Click on the "List Sites" button in the bottom right corner of the law.com homepage to access this publication.

Online version of the daily Philadelphia legal newspaper. Offers columns on legal issues, case analysis, verdicts, legal notices and job postings. Current week's worth of issues available along with some archived columns from previous months. Contact the Library Reference Desk for sources of older articles. Law faculty can request an individual account to set up email and newsletter alerts by contacting their liaison.

National legal newsletter offering articles, anlysis and law firm rankings via our law.com subscription. Click on the "List Sites" button in the bottom right corner of the law.com homepage to access this publication.

Online access to the regional legal newspaper for New Jersey provided via our law.com subscription. Click on the "List Sites" button in the bottom right corner of the law.com homepage to access this publication.

Online access to the regional legal newspaper for New York provided via our law.com subscription. Click on the "List Sites" button in the bottom right corner of the law.com homepage to access this publication.

Smart Litigator Pennsylvania ceased operations as of August 10, 2016. Please utilize these alternative sources for Pennsylvania case law and other primary materials:Westlaw, Lexis, Bloomberg Law. Some Smart Litigator content has also been made available to Fastcase subscribers. Free Fastcase subscriptions are provided by some bar associations as a benefit for their members (even student members). View full list of participating bar associations here. PA Bar members can also access Pennsylvania resources through the PBA's subscription to Casemaker.

Collection of resources prepared for and by practitioners. Materials include treatises, CLE course books and program transcripts, Answer Books and sample forms. Note: To access the "My Folders" & "My Searches" features, you must register as a new user using the Register link at the top of the database home page from an on-campus computer or using the Villanova Law wireless internet connection. Once you've created an account, you can then view your search history and list of folders from off-campus but you can only access the full-text of items contained in those folders while on-campus. Please contact the Electronic Services Librarian or Library Reference Desk for assistance or view the Online Tutorial.

Politico Pro offers in-depth reporting and analysis across 16 policy coverage areas along with tools, trackers, and data to provide key policy intelligence. Pro’s newsroom is staffed by 100+ policy-specific reporters whose connections to powerful people in Washington is unmatched. Offers industry specific newsletters, customizable infographics that can be downloaded and reused for class or other presentations without copyright restrictions, twitter-style news feeds and longer articles. Available on-campus and off-campus via IP access for students, staff, and faculty.

Online version of the CIS (Congressional Information Service). Provides access to federal hearings, transcripts and submitted testimony, committee reports, bills, public laws, congressional member public interest group ratings, selected committee prints, congressional documents, the Congressional Record, the Federal Register, the Code of Federal Regulations, and the U.S. Code. Includes references to the accompanying CIS Microfiche numbers for older bills.

Ravel law is a start-up legal research service that began in 2012 and is based on analytical research. It is not comprehensive but does include cases from Havard's Law library, the United States Code and the Code of Federal Regulations. It also offers judicial analytics profiles which analyzes judicial opinions and other information to help determine how a particular judge might rule on a motion, case or other matter heard in that court.

Law students and faculty should use the link above and then click on the "sign up" button to create a free account.

A bibliographical tool that helps to gather, manage and store citations for all types of publications and assists in the creation of footnotes and bibliographies. Also permits attachement of full-text documents to their citation for document storage and access. Law students, faculty and staff should click the "Sign up for a New Account" and register using their law school email address. NOTE: Select "Bluebook (notes & bibliography)" as the Output style. See the Research Management Systems research guide for more information.

Thomson Reuters database providing tax primary sources and analysis materials from Warren, Gorham, and Lamont. Students can generate an off-campus password for checkpoint from a computer at the law school (such as those in the library) by registering at http://www.checkpoint-registration.riag.com/schools. Your password can then be used from any computer at any location.

Smart Litigator Pennsylvania ceased operations as of August 10, 2016. Please utilize these alternative sources for Pennsylvania case law and other primary materials:Westlaw, Lexis, Bloomberg Law. Some Smart Litigator content has also been made available to Fastcase subscribers. Free Fastcase subscriptions are provided by some bar associations as a benefit for their members (even student members). View full list of participating bar associations here. PA Bar members can also access Pennsylvania resources through the PBA's subscription to Casemaker.

Newsletter published by the National Law Journal which offers commentary and other information about the cases and lawyers who appear before the Supreme Court. Provided via our law.com subscription. Click on the "List Sites" button in the bottom right corner of the law.com homepage to access this publication.

Formerly known as THOMAS, Congress.gov, from the Library of Congress, provides access to legislation from the current session of Congress along with information about federal legislation from 1973 onward. The site contains various bill versions, amendments, actions taken on bills, committee reports and other legislative information. It also provides links to the Congressional Record, House and Senate Committees, and contact information for members of Congress.

Legal research platform that provides full-text secondary sources as well as state and federal cases, statutes, and regulations. Also offers Practical Law materials, directories, dockets, motions & briefs and other legal materials.

Free collection of United Nations Treaty Series (UNTS) documents. Use the Databases link to access the status, full text, certified true copies and other information for UN treaties. The databases are searchable in a number of different ways including by popular name of the treaty, treaty title or by using the cumulative indexes.

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